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OUTLINE OF THE SAVIOUR'S LIFE: SIMPLE 
INCIDENTS FROM MATTHEW. 



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PRIMARY TEAR 



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SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEXT-BOOKS. 




BV 

CHARLES E. KNOX, 

Author of "A Year with St. Paul. 



NEW-YORK : 
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by 

ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH, 

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the 
Southern District of New-York. 



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INTEODUOTIOK 



This series of graduated text-books for the Sunday-school 
has sprung out of a want which the writer felt to be "un sup- 
plied in our Sunday-school literature. In wishing to introduce 
the many advantages of our • graded ' secular schools into Scrip- 
ture teaching, he was embarrassed by the lack of books pre- 
pared for the purpose. The graduated course seemed entirely 
practicable. In the absence of every thing to guide teachers in 
such a school, he has attempted this present series. 

The full plan of lessons includes a graduated course from 
the Lord's Prayer to the Evidences of Christianity. 

This " Five Years' Course of Graduated Sunday-school Les- 
sons" occupies the middle or memorizing department. The 
oral instruction of the Infant Class comes before it : the topi- 
cal lessons of the Bible Class follow it. 

In this plan, the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, 
the Beatitudes, the twenty-third Psalm, the familiar stories of 
the Old Testament, and some of the simpler parables are made 
the substance of lessons for the Infant department. 

This Primary Year assumes, therefore, that the child has 
already gained, in the Infant department or at home, some 
ready knowledge of those great rudiments. He is now able to 
commit verses to memory and enters the Sunday-school de- 
partment, in which exact memorizing is made a leading feature. 
And hence this primary year and the four following years are 
designed to help secure a clear and permanent knowledge* of 
the Scriptures, by adapting the selections, the length of lessons, 
and the questions to the growing power of the child's mind. 

The selections have been made with great care, and include 
a practical harmony of the gospels, without the disadvantage 



IV INTRODUCTION. 

of mingling together in the child's mind the different narratives. 
They commence in the primary year with simple incidents : 
each year more of discourse and of discussion is added ; till at 
length, in the senior year, discourse and doctrine almost en- 
tirely displace the incident. Some of the more doctrinal parts 
are omitted until the child is older. The Sermon on the Mount 
and the Address to the Apostles, for example, are reserved for 
the fourth year. 

The lessons also advance regularly in length. At first the 
child commits three verses a Sunday, and at the end of the year 
five verses. During the second year he advances from five to 
six verses ; during the third and fourth years, he recites seven 
verses ; and during the last year, he easily learns ten or twelve 
verses. The review of each previous lesson is required ; and 
quarterly reviews in simple form sum up the results. 

The questions are at first few, most simple and most gene- 
ral, but gradually advance to close and critical examination of 
the passages learned. In the primary year indeed, 'leading' 
questions have been often retained. With such little children, 
unskilled in study, it is much better to^iave the question an- 
swered by a simple 4 Yes' or ' No,' than to have constraint or 
confusion of thought. The writer requests also that it be 
borne in mind that these books have been written with jthe hope 
that their chief use will be in preparation at liome, and there- 
fore in training the child to a growing habit of independent 
study in the Scriptures. They are not designed chiefly to be 
a help to the teacher. 

It is hoped, too, that teachers and superintendents will value 
every help toward the perfect committal of Scripture so highly, 
that they will accept the hint suggested in respect to a quarterly 
public meeting, at which one prominent exercise shall be the 
public recitation of the quarter's Scripture. 

The Second Year of the course is published with the primary 
year, so as to show the connection between the different years. 

The three remaining years are in preparation. Other rea- 
sons in favor of this plan may be found more at length in the 
introduction to the second year. 



THE PRIMARY YEAR. 



Jfirst Sxinbaw. 




THE BIRTH-PLACE OF JESUS. 

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Jndea in the days 
of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to 

Jerusalem, . 

2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we 
have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 

3. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, 
and all Jerusalem with him. 

Who is Jesus ? 

Where did he live before he lived in this world? 

What made him come into this world at all ? 



2 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

Was he a full-grown man when he came, or did he 
grow up as children do ? 

Where did Jesus live after he came into this world ? 

What does the first verse say about it ? 

Was Beth-le-hem a country, a city or a village ? 

Was Judea a country, a city or a town ? 

Was Judea in America or in Europe or in some 
other land ? 

Now in what country was the village of Bethlehem ? 

Was Je-ru-sa-lem a mountain or town or city ? 

Was it larger or smaller than Bethlehem ? 

What was the name of the King in Jerusalem ? 

What was the name of the people who had him for 
a King ? 

Are there any Jews now ? 

How long ago do you think Herod the king lived ? 

When the wise men got to Jerusalem, what did they 
ask for ? 

What does the second verse say about it ? 

What had they seen, to tell them that Jesus was 
born ? 

What made the wise men call Jesus the King of the 
Jews when he was only a baby ? 

Had they seen this wonderful child yet ? 

What were they trying to find ? 

Who heard what the wise men were trying to do ? 



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4. And when he had gathered 
all the chief priests and scribes of 
the people together, he demanded 
of them where Christ should be 
born. 

5. And they said unto him, In 
Bethlehem of Judea : 'for thus it is 
written by the prophet, 

6. And thou Bethlehem, in the 
land of Judah, art not the least 
among the princes of Judah : for 
out of thee shall come a Governor, 
that shall rule my people Israel. 



Now you have all recited the lesson ; and I want you to 
recite last Sunday's lesson too. The lessons are very short. 
By and by ait the end of a quarter of the year, I shall want 
you to recite all the lessons of the quarter ; and so you must 
get them perfectly. It will help you to review a little every 
Sunday. Now : the first in the class, the first verse : next, 
the second verse : next, the third verse : next, the fourth verse, 
(in to-day's lesson :) next, the fifth verse : next, the sixth. 

Was it right for the wise men to want to worship 
Jesus ? 

Why was King Herod troubled when he heard what 
the wise men said ? Answer, Because he thought 
Jesus would be king instead of himself. 

What is a priest ? Answer. A Jewish minister. 

Which is the priest in the picture ? 

Who were the chief priests ? Answer. The greatest 
of all the priests. 

Which is the chief priest in the picture ? 

What is a scribe ? Answer. A man who wrote 
down the Scriptures with a pen. 

Which is the scribe in the picture ? 



4 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

What made Herod call the chief priests and scribes 
together ? 

What does the fourth verse say about it ? 

Is Christ the same as Jesus ? 

What is the full name of Jesus ? 

How could the priests and scribes tell where this 
wonderful child would be born ? 

Would they have known, if they hadn't studied the 
Bible ? 

In what place did the Bible say that Jesus would be 
born ? In what country ? 

What is a prophet ? Answer. A man who could 
tell what was going to happen. 

How could a prophet know that Jesus would be a 
Governor ? 

How does the last verse show that Bethlehem was 
more honored than all other villages ? 



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7. Then Herod, when he had 
privily called the wise men, in- 
quired of them diligently what 
time the star appeared. 

8. And he sent them to Beth- 
lehem, and said, Go and search 
diligently for the young child : 
and when ye have found him, 
bring me word again, that I may 
come and worship him* also. 

9. When they had heard the 
king, they departed : and, lo, the 

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went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child 
was. 




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After reciting the lesson, recite last Sunday's lesson ; or, if 
you would like to do so, you may recite from the beginning. 
The first at the other end of the class, the first verse ; the next, 
the second verse ; and so on. Get every word and letter right, 
so as to have all the lessons ready for the end of the quarter. 

Why did King Herod send now for the wise men ? 

What does it mean when it says, ' when he had 
priv4l-y called the wise men ' ? Answer. That he called 
them without letting any body know it. 

What did he ask about the star for ? 

What did he send the wise men to Bethlehem for ? 

What did he say to the wise men ? 

What does c Go and search dil-i-gent-ly ' mean ? 
Answer. c Go and look care-fully!' 

Was King Herod a good man or a bad man ? 

Do you think he really wanted to worship Jesus ? 

What did he want the wise men to do, after they 
should find Jesus ? 

Where did the wise men go when they left King- 
Herod ? 

How many miles was it from Jerusalem to Bethle- 
hem ? Answer. Six miles. 

Can you tell me some place about six miles from 
here ? 

Will you point out Jerusalem and Bethlehem on the 
map ? 

What did the star do ? 

Where did the star stop ? 

Tell me any thing el§e that you know about the place 
where Jesus was. 




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10. When they saw the star, 
they rejoiced with exceeding great 

f/f ] 11. And when they were come 
~"' I into the house, they saw the young 
child, with Mary his mother, and 
fell down, and worshipped him • 
,\ and when they had opened their 
treasures, they presented unto him 
gifts ; gold, and frankincense, and 
myrrh. 

12. And being warned of God 

WISE MEN GIVING PRESENTS. in ft dream thftt they ghould not 

return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 
Don't forget to review every Sunday one or two lessons. 

Why were the wise men full of joy to see the star 
again ? 

Over what house did the star stop ? 

Who was there beside the young child ? 

Why did the wise men at once kneel down to wor- 
ship this little child ? 

Did they worship his mother Mary ? 

Did you ever see a little child whom you would think 
it right to worship ? 

Is it wrong not to worship Jesus ? Why ? 

What things did the wise men give to the child 
Jesus ?• 

Were they cheap things or costly things ? 

Which one of them do you know is very costly now ? 

Is there any thing too costly to give to Jesus ? 

Where did we get all the best things which we have ? 

Did the wise men go Ijack to tell King Herod, when 
they found out where the wonderful child was ? 



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Why didn't they go back to him ? 
Were they awake or asleep when God spoke to 
them ? 

Do you think these wise men good men or bad men ? 
Where did the wise men go when they went away ? 



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FLEE-IXG TO EGYPT. 



13. And when they were de- 
parted, behold, the angel of the 
Lord appeareth to Joseph in a 
dream, saying, Arise, and take 
the young child and his mother, 
and flee into Egypt, and be thou 
there until I bring thee word : 
for Herod will seek the young 
child to destroy him. 

14. When he arose, he took the 
young child and his mother by 
night, and departed into Egypt : 

15. And was there until the 
death of Herod : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the 
Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. 

What happened after the wise men had gone ? 

What is an angel ? Who was Joseph ? 

Do you know any thing about any other Joseph in 
the Bible ? 

What did Joseph dream the angel told him ? 

Did God really speak to Joseph, or was it only a 
dream ? 

Where did God tell Joseph to go ? 

Was Egypt a village or a town or a country ? 

Look on the map and show where Egypt was. 

Why did God tell Joseph to take Jesus and Mary 
away ? 



8 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

Do you think it .was a long journey or a. short jour- 
ney to Egypt ? 

Did they go north or south ? 

Was Joseph ready to obey God ? 

Did they go in the day-time or the night-time ? 

How long did God tell them to stay in Egypt ? 

How soon should we obey God after he has told us 
to do any thing ? 

Who died while they were in Egypt ? 

What is a prophet ? 



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16. Then Herod, when he saw 
that he was mocked of the wise 
men, was exceeding wroth, and 
sent forth, and slew all the child- 
ren that were in Bethlehem, and 
in all the coasts thereof, from two 
years old and under, according to 
the time which he had diligently 
inquired of the wise men. 

17. Then was fulfilled that 
which was spoken by Jeremy the 
prophet, saying, 

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heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weep- 
ing for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are 
not. 

What did King Herod do, when he found that the 
wise men didn't come back to him ? 

What made him so angry ? 

What did he kill the little children for ? 

How much smaller are children two years old than 
you are ? 



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Did cruel King Herod get Jesus to kill him ? 

Who took care of Jesus ? 

Who will take care of good children in trouble ? 

Was it any excuse for Herod, because he was angry 
when he did such a wicked thing ? 

When children get angry and do wicked things, is 
it any excuse because they were angry ? 

Do you think King Herod knew what an awful thing 
he was doing till he got over his anger ? 

Do you think King Herod felt badly at all, after he 
got over it ? 

If, from a child, he had always kept his temper, would 
he have done such a wicked thing when he got to be 
kin^ ? 

Why were the mothers in Bethlehem crying and 
mourning ? 

Which verse of the lesson speaks of it ? 

In what city did King Herod live ? 

Was Bethlehem a little way or a great way from Je- 
rusalem ? 

Who was greatest, King Herod or King Jesus ? 
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COMING BACK FKOM EGYPT. 



19. But when Herod was dead 
behold, an angel of the Lord ap- 
pear eth in a dream to Joseph in 
Egypt, 

20. Saying, .Arise, and take the 
young child and his mother, and 
go into the land of Israel: for 
they are dead which sought the 
3 T oung child's life. 

21. And he arose, and took the 
young child and his mother, and 
came into the land of Israel. 

22. But when he heard that 
Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was 
afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a 
dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee : 

How did Joseph know when Herod was dead ? 

Where was Joseph when the angel told him ? 

What country did the other Joseph live in ? 

Did the other Joseph ever have dreams ? 

Can you tell any of his dreams ? 

Does God now tell people in dreams what they ought 
to do? 

How does he tell them now ? 

Where was the land of Israel ? 

Was Israel the name of a country ? Answer. l\ T o ; 
it was the name of a man. One name of Jacob was 
Israel. 

What, then, was the land of Israel ? Ansioer. The 
land of Jacob ; where Jacob used to live. 

Show on the map what the land of Israel was. 

How old do you think Jesus was when they took him 
back ? 

Why were they not afraid to go back ? 



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Jesus might have come like an angel : what «did he 
want to show children by being himself a child ? 
Who was the father of the new King Ar-che-la-us ? 
Why was Joseph afraid of King Ar-che-la-us ? 
Why did Joseph go to Galilee f 
Was Galilee a country or city ? 
Show on the map how large Galilee was. 
Who told Joseph to go to Galilee ? 



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CITY OF NAZARETH. 

23. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth : that it might 
be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a 
Nazarene. 

CHAPTER III. 

1. In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilder- 
ness of Judea, 

2. And saying, Repent ye : for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

3. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, 
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the 
Lord, make his paths straight. 



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12 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

Point out on the map where this city was. 

What did the people mean when they called Jesus a 
' Nazarene' ? Answer. That he lived at Nazareth. 

Did they think Nazareth was a good place or a bad 
place ? Answer. A bad place. 

What other person beside Jesus came into that coun 
try in those days ? 

Why was John called John the Baptist f 

In what part of Judea did he preach ? 

What is a wilderness ? Answer. A wild and dry 
place, where scarcely any thing grows. 

Show on the map where the wilderness of Judea 
was. 

Do ministers generally go into the wilderness to 
preach ? 

What did John say when he preached ? Recite the 
second verse again. 

What is meant by c repent ' ? Answer. Be sorry for 
doing wrong, and stop doing it. 

What is a kingdom ? 

What is the kingdom of heaven ? Answer. God's 
kingdom. 

What is a prophet ? 

What is the name of the prophet mentioned in this 
lesson ? 

Did the prophet E-sa-ias live before Jesus was born 
or after ? Answer. A great many years before. 

How could he tell that John would come preaching 
in the wilderness ? 



THE PRIMARY YEAR. 



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JOHN THE BAPTIST. 



4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a 
leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild 
honey. 

5. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the re- 
gion round about Jordan, 

6. And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 

t 7. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to 
his baptism, he said unto them, generation of vipers, who hath 
warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? 

Do you review a lesson every Sunday ? 

The first verse of the lesson says : 'John had his rai- 
ment of camel's hair.' What does 'raiment' mean? 
Answer. His clothing. 

What was John's clothing made of? 

What is a girdle ? Answer. A belt around the body. 

What was John's girdle made of? 

What kind of meat c^d John eat ? 

What is a locust ? Ansioer. A large grasshopper. 

Do people ever eat locusts now ? Answer. Yes ; the 
wild Arabs cook and eat them. 



14 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

What kind of honey is wild honey ? Answer. Honey 
that bees make in the woods or in the rocks. 

Point out the raiment, the girdle, the locust, the wild 
honey in the picture. 

. Did ma?iy people go to the wilderness where John 
was ? 

Where did they go from ? What- did they go for ? 

What is it to be baptized ? 

Was Jordan a village or river or mountain ? Point 
it out .on the map. 

What did John do to the people ? 

What does c confessing their sins ' mean ? Answer. 
They told what wrong things they had done. 

To w^hom ought you and I to confess our sins ? 

What two kinds of men did John see coming to him ? 

What does the word ' vipers ' mean ? Answer. Ser-. 
pents. 

Why did John call them serpents ? 

What does c wrath ' mean ? Answer. Anger. 

Is God ever angry ? Answer. A verse in the Bible 
says : ' God is angry with the wicked every day.' 

What does c wrath to come' mean ? Answer. God's 
dreadful anger, which will come on wicked people. 



THE PRIMARY YEAR. 15 



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JOHN PREACHING BY THE RIVER-SIDE. 



8. Bring forth therefore fruits 
meet for repentance : 

9. And think not to say within 
yourselves, We have Abraham to 
our father: for I say unto you, 
that God is able of these stones 
to raise up children unto Abra- 
ham. 

10. And now also the axe is 
laid unto the root of the trees : 
therefore every tree which bring- 
eth not forth good fruit is hewn 
down, and cast into the fire. 



Review the verses from the beginning of this chapter. 

What did John say in the eighth verse to the Phar-i- 
sees and Sad-dn-cees ? 

What is fruit ? 

How can you tell by the fruit whether a tree is good 
or bad ? 

Did John mean the fruit of a tree ? 

How can you tell whether a child's heart is good or 
bad by his fruit ? 

What does c repentance ' mean ? 

What does 'fruits meet for repentance'* mean? 
Answer. Actions which show that we are sorry for 
doing wrong. 

What does the ninth verse say that the Phar-i-sees 
and Sad-du-cees thought within themselves ? 

Who was Abraham ? 

Was Abraham their father ? 

Why were they proud of Abraham ? 

Did they think God would love them because Abra- 
ham was a Jew and because they were Jews too ? 



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If they would be bad, would God treat them any 
better because they were related to Abraham ? 

Were they good like Abraham ? 

If they should be destroyed, could God make good 
iren like Abraham out of stones ? 

Do men cut down good fruit-trees or bad fruit-trees 
with axes ? 

Does God cut down good men or bad men ? 

What kind of fruit do the men bear whom God cuts 
down ? 

Why do men sometimes burn* up trees which they 
have cut down ? 

What becomes of bad men whom God cuts down ? 



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FAN FOR GRAIN. 



THRESHING-FLOOR. 



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11. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance : but he that 
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to 
bear : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire : 

12. Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his 



THE PRIMARY YEAR. 17 

floor, and gather his wheat into the garner ; but he will burn up the 
chaff with unquenchable fire. 

13. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be 
baptized of him. 

Review the verses of this chapter. 

What did John say that he baptized with ? 

What is it to baptize any body ? 

Who was mightier than John ? 

Were the shoes which John and Jesus wore like 
those which we wear ? 

Find a pair of shoes like theirs in the picture. 

Who carried the shoes for people in John's country ? 
Answer. Servants. 

What did John mean, then, by saying that he wasn't 
good enough to carry the shoes of Jesus ? 

Wasn't John a good man ? 

Who is the Holy Ghost ? 

What is wheat? What is chaff? Answer. The 
little light husk of the wheat. 

Do you know how men blow the chaff out of the 
wheat ? 

Is the fan which they blow with like the fan you use ? 

Point out the fan, the wheat and the floor in the 
picture. 

Who will separate good men from bad men ? When ? 

Who are the wheat which God will keep for himself? 

Who are the chaff which will be burned up ? 

Recite the last verse again. 

Who came to John to be baptized ? 

Where was John ? 

Where did Jesus come from ? 

At what city in Galilee had Jesus been ? Answer. 



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THE PRIMARY YEAR. 



Find the twenty-third verse of the last chapter, and 
find the answer in it. 

Find the picture of this place. 

Show on the map how Jesus went from this city to 
the river Jordan. 



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JOHN AND JESUS. 



14. But John forbade him, say- 
ing, I have need to be baptized of 
thee, and comest thou to me ? 

15. And Jesus answering said 
unto him, Suffer it to be so now : 
for thus it becometh us to fulfil 
all righteousness. Then he suf- 
fered him. 

16. And Jesus, when he was 
baptized, went up straightway out 
of the water : and, lo, the hea- 
vens were opened unto him, and 
he saw the Spirit of God de- 
scending like a dove, and lighting upon him : 

17. And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, 
in whom I am well pleased. 

Keview from the beginning of the chapter. 

Did John wish at first to baptize Jesus ? 

Who did John think was the right one to do the 
baptizing, Jesus or himself ? Why ? 

Would it have been right for John not to do what 
Jesus told him to do ? 

Did John do what Jesus said ? 

How was Jesus baptized ? 

What happened when Jesus came up out of the 
water ? 

Is a dove gentle or rough ? 



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Is a dove pure and clean or dirty ? 

Is a dove quiet or noisy ? 

Is a dove beautiful or ugly ? 

Why is God's Spirit like a dove ? 

Does God's Spirit ever come down on men now ? 

What was heard when the dove came down on Jesus ? 

Whose voice was it ? 

What did the voice say ? 

Why was God well pleased with Jesus ? 

Was not God always well pleased with Jesus ? 

Why did God say so just at this time ? Answer, 
Because Jesus was very soon going to preach ; and 
God wanted to show to the people that he was his dear 
Son. 

Can we please God without loving his Son ? 

Let me hear you all together recite this last verse 
again. 



REVIEW OF THE FIRST TWELVE LESSONS. 

Now, children, it has been a quarter of a year since we began 
the book. To-day you must recite all the verses which we have 
been over ; but there will not be time for each one to recite 
them all. And so we must go very fast around the class ; the 
first one, the first verse ; the next, the second ; and so on 
through the forty verses. 

Tell me the two things which we have studied during 
the last twelve Sundays. Answer. 1. About Jesus the 
little child. 2. About Jesus baptized in the water. 

1. Jesus the little child. 

What three things have we studied about Jesus the 
child? Answer. 1. The wise men who worshipped 



20 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

Jesus when a little infant. 2. The father and mother 
of Jesus fleeing to Egypt. 3. The father and mother 
of Jesus coming back from Egypt. 

Where was Jesus born, when the wise men came to 
worship him ? 

Point out the place on the map. 

What king didn't like to have Jesus King ? 

Why did he want to find out where Jesus was ? 

Did the wise men let him know ? Why ? 

What did the wise men do when they saw Jesus ? 

Why did Joseph and Mary flee to Egypt ? 

What did King Herod do when they had gone ? 

What bad passion made Herod murder the children ? 

Would a child ever grow to be a murderer, if he 
never got angry ? 

How did Joseph and Mary know when to come back ? 

Did they go back to the village of Bethlehem ? 

Where did they go ? Show the place on the map. 

2. Jesus baptized in the water. 

Who baptized Jesus ? In what river ? 

Point it out on the map. 

What kind of clothing did John wear ? 

What food did he eat ? 

Why didn't he wish at first to baptize Jesus ? 

Why did he baptize him at all ? 

What came down through the air when Jesus was 
baptized ? 

Whose voice spoke ? 

What did it say ? 

What shows that Jesus was sent of God when he 
was a little infant ? Answer. The star which led the 
wise men ; the Scripures which told where he would be 
born ; and what God said to his father and mother. 



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What shows that Jesus was the Son of God when 
He was baptized ? Anstcer. God called him his ' well- 
beloved Son.' 

Note. — It will help greatly to fix the Scripture in mind, if, in ad- 
dition to the class-review in the Sunday-School, a regular public meet- 
ing be held four times a year, at which the public recitation of the re- 
view-lesson is made a prominent exercise. To give variety, the child- 
ren may recite in turn, or classes may recite in turn, or classes may 
recite in chorus. The children will then have an additional motive 
all through the quarter for accuracy and regularity. The children 
might answer the review-questions also at this meeting. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

1. Then was Jesus led up of 
the Spirit into the wilderness to 
be tempted of the devil. 

2. And when he had fasted forty 
days and forty nights, he was af- 
terwards ahungered. 

3. And when the tempter came 
to him, he said, If thou be the 
Son of God, command that these 
stones be made bread. 



JESUS IN THE WILDERNESS. 



Where did Jesus go after he was baptized ? 

What is a wilderness ? 

Who led Jesus into the wilderness ? 

What is it to be ' tempted ' ? 

Are you ever tempted ? 

Who tempted Jesus ? 

Who is the devil ? 



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What did Jesus do for forty days and for forty 
nights ? 

Conld you live forty days without eating ? 

How could Jesus live so long without eating ? 

What does the last word of the second verse mean ? 

Who is the ' tempter ' ? 

Wasn't Jesus the Son of God ? 

Did the devil know that he was the Son of God ? 

Would Jesus want bread to eat ? 

Are stones good to eat when you are hungry ? 

Can you make bread out of stones ? 

Who can command stones to be bread ? 

Do you know whether God ever made bread for any 
people in a wilderness ? 

If God should stop the sun shining and the rain fall- 
ing, could we have any bread ? Why ? 

How do we pray in the Lord's Prayer that God 
would give us bread to eat ? 



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4. But he answered and said, It 
is written, Man shall not live by 
bread alone, but by every word 
that proceedeth out of the mouth 
of God. 

5. Then the devil taketh him 
up into the holy city, and sctteth 

(P him on a pinnacle of the temple. 

6. And saith unto him, If thou 
be the Son of God, cast thyself 
down : for it is written, He shall 
give his angels charge concerning 
thee : and in their hands they 

shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a 
stone. 




A PINNACLE. 



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Review last Sunday's verses. 

Couldn't Jesus have made the stones into loaves of 
bread ? 

Why didn't he ? Answer. Because the devil knew 
that he was the Son of God, and Jesus wouldn't turn 
• stones to bread to show him what he knew already. 

Repeat the words Jesus answered to the devil. 

Will bread alone keep us alive, if God doesn't keep 
us? 

Could a word of God take our life away ? 

How did God make the world ? Answer. By speak- 
ing : by a word that came out of his mouth. 

Where did the devil take Jesus after he found that 
Jesus wouldn't turn the stones into bread ? 

What city was the holy city ? 

What is a pin-na-cle ? Answer. Something like a 
steeple or a tower on the top of a building. 

What is the picture ? 

When the devil had taken Jesus to the pinnacle, 
what did he want him to do ? 

Could Jesus have thrown himself from the top of the 
temple to the ground without hurting him ? 

Would angels have helped him, if he had thrown 
himself down ? 

What is an angel ? 

Do you think that God sends his angels now to take 
care of us ? 

If we should do any foolish and wicked thing, like 
throwing ourselves off the house-top, would God send 
his angels to prevent it hurting us ? 

If the devil tried to tempt Jesus, should you expect 
that he will try to tempt you ? 



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7. Jesus said unto him, It is 
written again, Thou shalt not 
tempt the Lord thy God. 

8. Again, the devil taketh him 
up into an exceeding high moun- 
tain, and showeth him . all the 
kingdoms of the world, and the 
glory of them ; 

9. And saith unto him, All 
these things will I give thee, if 
thou wilt fall down and worship 
me. 



HIGH MOUNTAIN. 



Review from the beginning of this chapter. 

What did the devil tempt Jesus to do in the last 
lesson ? 

Would Jesus have shown that he was the Son of God 
if he had thrown himself down ? 

Would it have been wrong for him to do it ? Answer. 
Yes ; it would have been wrong to ask God to send 
angels to keep him while he was doing a foolish and un- 
necessary thing. 

Did the devil really want to know that Jesus was 
the Son of God, or to get him to do some wicked 
thing ? 

Do you think the devil cared what wrong thing he 
got Jesus to do ? 

Recite again the answer which Jesus gave to the 
tempter. 

How would Jesus have tempted God, by throwing 
himself down ? 

Can God be tempted to do wrong ? 

When the devil was tempting Jesus, whom was* he 
tempting ? 



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Is it right to try to tempt any body ? 

Can you tell any way in which you could tempt 
children to do wrong ? 

Where did the devil next take Jesus ? 

What is a kingdom ? 

Who owns this world, the devil or Jesus ? 

Could the devil give the kingdoms of the world to 
Jesus, if he wanted to do it ? 

How did he show that he was a liar in what he said ? 

When children tell lies, whom are they like ? 

What did the devil want Jesus to worship him for ? 



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10. Then saith Jesus unto him, 
Get thee hence, Satan : for it is 
written, Thou shalt worship the 
Lord thy God, and him only shalt 
thou serve. 

11. Then the devil leaveth 
him, and, behold, angels came 
and ministered unto him. 

1 2. Now when Jesus had heard 
that John was cast into prison, he 
departed into Galilee ; 



ANGELS WITH JESUS. 



Review all the verses of the chapter. 

What did the devil ask Jesus to do in the last lesson ? 
What did Jesus answer him ? 
Who is Satan ? 

What does ' Get thee hence ' mean ? 
When we are tempted, what words of Jesus should 
we use ? 



26 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

How do we pray against being tempted in the Lord's 
prayer ? 

Who is the only Being whom it is right to worship ? 

Did Jesns do any thing wrong when he was tempted ? 

Hasn't something which you have wanted, much 
smaller than a kingdom, led you to do wrong ? 

Did Jesus ever do wrong ? 

Who helped Jesus when Satan went away ? 

What does ' ministered unto him ' mean ? Answer. 
They came to be his servants : perhaps they brought 
him food. 

Point out an angel in the picture. 

Do we know that angels look like such pictures of 
them ? 

What had become of John the Baptist ? 

Where did Jesus go when he heard of it ? 

Show the country on the map. 

Had Jesus ever been in that country before ? Answer. 
Find the twenty-second verse in the Seventh Sunday, 
and see if it says any thing about it. 



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SEA-SIDE AND CAPERNAUM. 

13. And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which 
is upon the sea-coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim : 

14. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the pro- 
phet, saying, 

15. The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way 
of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles ; 

16. The people which sat in darkness saw great light ; and to them 
which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. 

What was Naz-a-reth ? 

See if you can find it in the verses of the Eighth Sun- 
day. 

Show where it was on the map. 

Can you find a picture of Naz-a-reth in the lessons 
which we have gone over ? 

Was Ca-per-na-um a city or country ? 

What is the picture in this lesson ? 

Show on the map how Ca-per-na-um was ' on the sea- 
coast.' 

What was the name of the sea ? 



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Point out Zab-u-lon and Feph-tha-lim on the map. 

Show how Ca-per-na-um was 'in the borders of Zab- 
u-lon and Neph-tha-lim.' 

Show how the land of Zabulon and the land of Xeph- 
thalim were 4 by the way of the sea.' 

Who are Gentiles ? Ansioer. All people who are 
not Jews are Gentiles. 

Are you Jews or Gentiles ? 

Repeat the last verse. 

Is goodness or wickedness like darkness ? 

How then were the people in Galilee sitting in dark- 



ness 



Who was the great light that they saw ? 

Why are the heathen now c in the region and shadow 

of death' ? 

How can we send light to them ? 



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11. From that time Jesus be- 
gan to preach, and to say, Re- 
pent : for the kingdom of heaven 
is at hand. 

18. And Jesus, walking by the 
sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, 
Simon called Peter, and Andrew 
his brother, casting a net into the 
sea : for they were fishers. 

19. And he saith unto them, 
Follow me, and I will make you 
fishers of men. 



PETER AND ANDREW CASTING A NET. 

What did Jesus begin to do now ? 

In what city was he now, when he began ? 









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What was the first thing Jesus said when he began 
to preach ? 

What is it to repent ? 

Who else said the same thing when he preached ? 

Can every body repent ? 

Isn't there any body in the world who has done 
nothing to be sorry for ? 

If Jesus tells us to repent, ought every body to do it ? 

What is a kingdom ? 

What is the kingdom of heaven ? Answer. God's 
kingdom. 

Who else said the kingdom of heaven was at hand ? 

What does this mean ? Answer. It is a time now to 
be God's children. 

What two brothers did Jesus see at the sea of Galilee ? 

What was their business ? 

What were they doing ? 

What was Jesus doing ? 

What did Jesus say to the two fishermen ? 

Did Jesus mean that they would catch men just as 
they did fishes ? Answer. He meant that they would 
catch men by speaking to them and would try to 
make them good. 

How can you be fishers of children ? 



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20. And they straightway left 
their nets, and followed him. 

21. And going on from thence, 
he saw other two brethren, James 
the son of Zebedee, and John his 
brother, in a ship with Zebedee 
their father, mending their nets ; 
and he called them. 

22. And they immediately left 
the ship and their father, and fol- 
lowed him. 



ZEBEDEE AND HIS SONS MENDING THEIR NETS. 

Don't forget to recite last Sunday's verses too. 

What did the two brothers *do when Jesus called 
them? 

Does Jesus call us as he did them ? 

How can we follow Jesus ? 

Does Jesus ask men to leave their business when he 
tells them to follow him ? 

Does he ask children to leave their plays ? 

What two other brothers were fishermen on the same 
sea? 

What was their father's name ? 

What were they in ? 

What were they doing ? 

Who was with them ? 

What did Jesus call them for ? 

Did he ask their father to follow him ? 

What did James and John leave beside their nets ? 

And whom did they leave beside the ship ? 

If Jesus asks us to leave our father or brother tc 
bllow him, should we do it ? 



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31 



Can't you follow Jesus without leaving father and 
mother ? 

If Jesus should call you to become a preacher, would 
you have to give up other business or not ? 



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SICK PEOPLE AND MULTITUDES FOLI 
JESUS. 



23. And Jesus went about all 
Galilee, teaching in their syna- 
gogues, and preaching the gospel 
of the kingdom, and healing all 
manner of sickness and all man- 
ner of disease among the people. 

24. And his fame went through- 
out all Syria : and they brought 
unto him all sick people that were 
taken with divers diseases and 
torments, and those which were 

owing possessed with devils, and those 
which were lunatic, and those that 



had the palsy ; and he healed them. 

Eeview the verses of the last two lessons. 

How much of Galilee did Jesus travel over ? 
Show on the map how far you think he went. 
Who were with him ? 
What did he do on his journeys ? 
What is a syn-a-gogue ? Answer. A Jewish church. 
What did Jesus do beside preach ? 
In what other country did the people hear of him ? 
Point out Syria on the map. 

What does ' his fame ' mean ? Answer. The news 
about what he was doing. 

What kind of people did they bring to him ? 
What did he do to them ? 



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Do you think the sick people in Syria and Galilee 
thought the news good news or bad news ? 

What does ' gospel of the kingdom ' mean ? Answer. 
Good news of the kingdom. What kingdom ? 

Why is the ' gospel ' good news ? 

Could we get to heaven without the gospel ? 

What kind of people are lu-na-tic people ? Ansioer. 
Crazy people. 

Could any other person besicfe Jesus have cured such 
people so quick ? Why ? 






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JESUS ON THE MOUNTAIN. 



25. And there followed him 
great multitudes of people from 
Galilee, and from Deeapolis, and 
from Jerusalem, and from Judea, 
and from beyond Jordan. 

chapter v. 

1. And seeing the multitudes, 
he went up into a mountain: and 
when he was set, his disciples 
came unto him : 

2. And he opened his mouth, 
and taught them. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

1. When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes 
followed him. 

Recite last Sunday's verses. 
• What is a great multitude ? 
Why did such crowds of people follow Jesus ? 
Where did the multitudes come from ? 
Point out Galilee on the map. 

What was De-cap-o-lis, a country or city ? Answer. 
A little country with ten cities in it. 



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Point it out on the map. 

Point out Jerusalem and Judea. 

Where was c beyond Jordan' ? 

Point it out on the map. 

Noav show on the map from how many parts of the 
land the people followed Jesus. 

What did Jesus do when he saw all the people fol- 
lowing ? 

What is a mountain ? 

What did Jesus do on the mountain ? 

What is a dis-ci-ple ? Answer. A scholar or a 
learner. Sunday-school scholars are Sunday-school dis- 
ciples. 

What was it that Jesus taught his disciples on the 
mountain ? Answer. That we will learn and study in 
a higher class another year. 

Did the people leave Jesus when he came down from 
the mountain ? 



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2. And, behold, there came a 
leper and worshipped him, say- 
ing, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst 
make me clean. 

3. And Jesus put forth his 
hand, and touched him, saying, I 
will ; be thou clean. And imme- 
diately his leprosy was cleansed. 

4. And Jesus saith unto him, 
See thou tell no man ; but go thy 
way, show thyself to the priest, and 
offer the gift that Moses command- 

A LEPER - ed, for a testimony unto them. 

18. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave com- 
mandment to depart unto the other side. 
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34 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

Who came to Jesus as the multitudes followed him ? 

What is a lep-er ? Answer. A man whose skin had 
become very white and sore by dreadful sickness. 

Why did he worship Jesus ? 

What did he want Jesus to do ? 

Was it easy to cure a leper ? Answer. No ; no doc- 
tor could do it. 

Why did the leper ask Jesus to make him clean ? 
Answer, Because his skin looked so bad and sore that 
no body would touch him, and every body said he was 
unclean. 

What other reason was there why the Jews wouldn't 
touch a leper ? Answer, Because God had given them 
a law that lepers should not come among other people. 

Why was it right for Jesus to touch him ? 

Could Jesus make his skin clean and good ? 

Was he willing to do it ? 

How did he do it ? 

Why did Jesus tell the cured man to go to the priest ? 
Answer. Because God had said that all lepers who were 
cured must go and let the priest see whether they were 
really cured. 

What is a priest ? 

Who was Moses ? 

What gift had Moses commanded that lepers should 
make ? Answer, Two birds or two lambs to be given 
to God. 

Who told Moses to command this ? 

Where did Jesus command his disciples to go next 
with him ? 

4 To the other side ' of what ? Answer, To the other 
side of the lake. 

Show on the map where it was. 






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FOX AND HOLE. 



BIRD AND NEST. 



19. And a certain scribe came and said unto him, Master, I will 
follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 

20. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds 
of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his 
head. 

21. And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me 
first to go and bury my father. 

22. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me ; and let the dead bury 
their dead. 

23. And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed 
him. 

Review the verses from the beginning of the chapter. 

What is a scribe ? 

Why did the scribe call Jesus c Master ' ? 

Did the scribe do right in saying that he would fol- 
low Jesus ? 

What does * ichith-er-so-ev-er' mean ? 

Do you think the scribe knew how much he was say- 
ing when he made his promise ? 



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Did Jesus tell him not to follow hini ? 

What are the holes of foxes ? 

Show the fox in the picture. 

What do birds use nests for ? 

What didn't Jesus have which foxes and birds have ? 

Whose Son is Jesus ? 

What is a disciple ? 

Was it right for this disciple to want to bury his 
father ? 

Isn't it right to bury our friends when they die ? 

If we could do but one — bury them or obey Jesus — 
which ought we to do ? 

Can dead men think or feel or love ? 

How can a child be dead to good things while he is 
yet alive ? 

Where did Jesus and his disciples go next ? 



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24. And, behold, there arose 
a great tempest in the sea, inso- 
much that the ship was covered 
with the waves : but he was 
asleep. 

25. And his disciples came to 
him, and awoke him, saying, 
Lord, save us : we perish. 

26. And he saith unto them, 
Why are ye fearful, ye of little 
faith ? Then he arose, and re- 
buked the winds and the sea : and 
there was a great calm. 

27. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, 
that even the winds and the sea obey him ! 




DISCIPLES AWAKING JESUS. 



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87 



On what sea was the ship ? 

Point out the sea on the map. 

Can you find any other sea on the map ? 

What is a c tempest ' ? Answer. A storm of wind and 
rain ? 

What are waves ? Answer. Water rolled and tossed 
by the wind. 

Do you think the ship was a large one or a small 
one ? Why ? 

Could you have slept on a ship in a storm ? 

Why could Jesus sleep ? 

Were the disciples asleep ? 

What did they think was going to happen to the 
ship ? 

Why did they awaken Jesus ? 

What did Jesus do ? 

What is meant by ' rebuked the winds ' ? Answer. 
He told them to stop. 

What is a ' great calm ' ? 

What made the men wonder ? 

Did you ever see any one who could make a great 
tempest into a great calm ? 

Was there ever another man like Jesus ? 

Why could Jesus stop the storm ? 



REVIEW-LESSON OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE YEAR. 

Recite the verses of the past twelve lessons around the class. 

What two things about Jesus have we studied dur- 
ing the quarter? Answer. 1. Jesus tempted by the 
devil. 2. Jesus preaching and doing good. 



38 the primary year. 

1. Jesus tempted by the Devil. 
Where was Jesus when tempted by the devil ? 
How long did Jesus go without eating ? 

What did the devil want him to do in the wilderness ? 

What did the devil want him to do at the temple ? 

What did he want him to do at the mountain ? 

Did Jesus do what the devil wanted ? 

Why didn't he? Answer. Because he knew that all 
the devil wanted was to get him to do some wicked 
thing. 

When the devil tempts you, what ought you to say? 

2. Jesus preaching and doing good. 

Where did Jesus begin to preach ? Answer. At Ca- 
per-na-um. 

Point out the place. 

What sea was by the side of the place ? 

What two brothers did Jesus tell to follow him ? 

What two other brothers did he tell to follow him ? 

What was the business of these four men ? 

What did Jesus do besides preach ? 

Did he cure many or only a few ? 

Do you think any doctor ever cured so many ? 

What did he do on the mountain ? 

What sick man did he cure after he came down from 
the mountain ? 

What wonderful thing did Jesus do on the sea ? 

What shows that Jesus was better than any other 
man, when he was tempted by the devil ? Answer. He 
did not give up to the devil and sin as other men do ; 
and he made the devil leave him. 

What shows that he was God, when he was preach- 
ing and doing good? Answer. He cured sick and 
crazy people by speaking to them : He stopped a 
storm by speaking to it. 




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28. And when he wa3 come to 
the other side into the country 
of the Gergesenes, there met him 
two possessed with devils, com- 
ing out of the tombs, exceeding 
fierce, so that no man might pass 
by that way. 

29. And, behold, they cried out, 
saying, What have we to do with 
thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art 
thou come hither to torment us 
before the time ? 

30. And there was a good way off from them a herd of many 
swine feeding, 

31. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer 
us to go away into the herd of swine. 

We have four verses a Sunday this quarter : to recite all the 
verses at the end of the quarter, you must get them perfectly 
every Sunday. 

What two men met Jesus on the other side of the 
sea ? 

Point out on the map where the two men were. 

What country were they in ? 

What made them so fierce ? 

What kind of places did they come out of ? 

Why didn't men go by the place where they were ? 

Who was it cried out, the devils or the men ? 

What made them cry out when they saw Jesus ? 
Answer. They knew that they were wicked, and that 
Jesus could punish them. 

What did they say ? 

What did they call Jesus ? 



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What is it to torment any body ? Answer. To make 
him feel much pain. 

Had Jesus come to torment the two men ? 

Did Jesus ever torment any body ? 

What is it that torments wicked people ? Answer. 
Their wickedness. 

Will God punish all wicked people ? 

What is a herd of swine ? Answer. A drove of pigs. 

Were the swine near or far off ? 

Where did the devils want to go ? 

What did the Jews think of these animals ? Answer. 
That they were the worst of all animals. 

What does it show about the vileness of these spirits, 
that they were willing to go into such animals ? 






32. And he said unto them, 
Go. And when they were come 
out, they went into the herd of 
swine : and, behold, the whole 
herd of swine ran violently down 
a steep place into the sea, and 
perished in the waters. 

33. And they that kept them 
fled, and went their ways into 
the city, and told every thing, 
and what was befallen to the pos- 
sessed of the devils. 

34. And, behold, the whole 
city came out to meet Jesus : and when they saw him, they besought 
him that he would depart out of their coasts. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1. And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his 
own city. 




SWINE AND STEEP PLACE. 



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41 



Keview the last lesson. 

Did Jesus let the devils do what they wanted to do ? 

When Jesus said, 'ffo,' must the devils leave the 
jnen ? 

Did even the swine like the devils ? 

What became of the swine ? 

What does 'ran violently' mean? Answer. They 
rushed wildly down. 

What did the men who were taking care of the 
swine do ? 

On which side of the sea was this city ? 

Point out on the map about where you think it was. 

Who came from the city to see Jesus ? 

What made them come ? 

What did they want Jesus to do ? 

Was it wise or foolish for them to want him to leave 
their country ? 

How many men had Jesus cured ? 

To which side of the sea did the ship take Jesus ? 

What city was his own city ? Answer. Ca-per-na-um. 

Point it out. 



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fas 




AT MEAT WITH PUBLICANti AND 6INNERS. 



10. And it came to 
Jesus sat at meat in the house, 
behold, many publicans and sin- 
ners came and sat down with 
him and his disciples. 

11. And when the Pharisees 
saw it, they said unto his dis- 
ciples, Why eateth your master 
with publicans and sinners ? 

12. But when Jesus heard 
that, he said unto them, They 
that be whole need not a physi- 
cian, but they that are sick. 



42 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

13. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and 
not sacrifice : for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to 
repentance. 

What did Jesus do after he got to the city ? 

What two kinds of people came and sat down at the 
table with Jesus ? 

Who were pub-li-cans ? Answer. Men who took 
the taxes from the people, and who often took more 
than they had a right to take. 

What is a sinner ? Answer. A man who has not 
loved and served God. 

What did the Pharisees think of these publicans and 
sinners. Answer. They thought they were the very 
worst kind of men. 

Did Jesus say any thing against their being at the 
table ? 

What did the Pharisees want to know from the dis- 
ciples ? 

What is a disciple ? 

Was it right or wrong for the good Jesus to be with 
such bad men ? 

Did Jesus answer the Pharisees or did he speak to 
his disciples ? 

Repeat again the twelfth verse. 

What does ' they that are whole * mean? Answer. 
Those who are well. 

Do good persons, like those in heaven, or sinners 
need to repent ? 

What is it to repent ? 

Is there any body in the world who is not a sinner ? 

Why do we need Jesus to help us as sick men need 
the doctor ? Answer. To cure us from being wicked. 

Did Jesus come into the world to ask good people to 
be good, or bad people to be good ? 



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43 



Recite all together the last part of the last verse. 

What kind of persons are righteous persons ? Answer. 
Right persons. 

Are there any persons in the world who have always 
done right ? 



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A LEATHER BOTTLE. 



14. Then came to him the dis- 
ciples of John, saying, Why do 
we and the Pharisees fast oft, but 
thy disciples fast not ? 

15. And Jesus said unto them, 
Can the children of the bride- 
chamber mourn, as long as the 
bridegroom is with them ? but 
the days will come, when the 
bridegroom shall be taken from 
them, and then shall they fast. 

16. No man putteth a piece of 
new cloth unto an old garment ; 

for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the 
rent is made worse. 

1*1. Neither do men put new wine into old bottles : else the bottles 
break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish : but they 
put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. 

Whose disciples came to Jesus now ? 

Have you ever heard of this John before ? 

What is it to fast ? Answer. To go without eating. 

Do people fast when they are glad or sorry ? 

What is a bride-groom ? Answer. The man who is 
married on the wedding-day. 

Is a wedding-day a day to be glad or to be sorry ? 

Is a wedding-day the right time to fast ? 

Is it a time for persons to fast when their best friends 
have come ? 



44 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

Was it a time for the disciples of Jesus to fast when 
they had their great Teacher with them ? 

When would they be ready to fast ? 

If you mend an old and tender coat or dress with 
new, strong cloth, will they stay together ? 

Would you sew a bright piece of cloth on a dark coat 
or dress ? 

What does this mean ? Answer. That we ought to 
do the right things at the right time. 

Were the bottles where the Saviour lived like our 
glass bottles ? Answer. No ; they were made of the 
skins of animals. Look at the picture. 

Why would new wine break old bottles ? Answer, 
Because old skins would be dry and stiff, and new wine 
swells, and would burst the old, dry skins open. 

Does what Jesus said about the wine and bottles 
mean any thing different from what he said about the 
new cloth and old garment ? Answer. No ; it means 
that things which are right, may be wrong if done at 
the wrong times. 

Would you laugh and play at a funeral? 

Would you cry and mourn at a wedding ? 

Isn't it right to laugh and play sometimes ? 

Isn't it right to cry and mourn sometimes ? 

If we have Jesus with us as our friend, does it please 
him more to be cheerful or sad ? 

If Jesus is with us, and we are always complaining 
and gloomy, does our sadness do good or harm to 
others ? 

What kind of a person will people then be apt to 
think Jesus himself is ? 



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THE "WOMAN IN THE CROAVD. 



18. While he spake these things 
unto them, behold, there came a 
certain ruler, and worshipped him, 
saying, My daughter is even now 
dead : but come and lay thy hand 
upon her, and she shall live. 

19. And Jesus arose, and fol- 
lowed him, and so did his disci- 
ples. 

20. And, behold, a woman, 
which was diseased with an issue 

of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of 
his garment : 

21. For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I 
shall be whole. 

What things was Jesus saying when the ruler came 
to him ? 

What was the ruler's trouble ? 

What is a ruler ? 

Can you tell me the name of any body who is a 
ruler ? 

What did this ruler want Jesus to do ? 

Did Jesus ever turn away from any body in trouble ? 

When people in trouble need help, is it right to do 
nothing for them ? 

Could Jesus make the ruler's dead daughter live 
again ? 

If Jesus was on earth now, could he make children 
who die live again ? 

Did the ruler think that Jesus could bring his daugh- 
ter to life ? 

What did Jesus do, as soon as the ruler asked him ? 

Who went with Jesus ? 

Who was among the people who went along ? 



46 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

How long had this woman been sick ? 

Why did the sick woman touch the clothes of 
Jesus ? 

Do you suppose that woman had thought about 
Jesus before she saw him ? 

What was she then thinking within herself? 

Recite the last verse again. 

Did Jesus like to have sick persons believe that he 
could cure them ? Why ? Answer. Because it showed 
that they thought he was God. 

If you had been that sick woman, do you think you 
would have believed that a touch of Jesus' clothes 
could cure you ? 

Does Jesus like to have us believe that he can cure 
our sins and troubles now ? Why ? 

When you feel sometimes how very bad you have 
been, how may you be cured ? 

If you arc only sorry for sin, without being sorry 
that you have not loved Jesus, will he forgive you and 
make you good ? 







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22. But Jesus turned him about, 
and when he saw her, he said, 
Daughter, be of good comfort ; 
thy faith hath made thee whole. 
And the woman was made whole 
from that hour. 

23. And when Jesus came into 
the ruler's house, and saw the 
minstrels and the people making 
a noise, 

24. He said unto them, Give 

JESUS AND THE RULER'S DAUGHTER. place . f Qr ^q m ^ Jg not fe^ 

but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 



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25. But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her 
by the hand, and the maid arose. 

26. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 

Recite the last lesson. Now tell the whole story in your own 
words. 

What did Jesus call the woman when he turned 
about ? 

Did Jesus know that the sick woman had touched 
him ? 

Did she do right or wrong to touch him ? 

Repeat the words which Jesus said to her. 

Was it the clothes that cured her ? 

What does 4 thy faith hath made thee whole ' mean ? 
Answer. Because you believed that I could do it, I 
made you w r ell. 

What were the people making a noise for at the 
ruler's house ? Answer. They were crying and mourn- 
ing; because his daughter was dead. 

Why did the people laugh at Jesus when he said the 
daughter w r as asleep ? 

Did Jesus mean that she was not really dead ? 
Answer. No ; but that she would be dead only a little 
while, as though she had gone to sleep and had waked 
up again. 

Do dead persons and sleeping persons look alike ? 

Will taking a dead person by the hand make him 
live? 

Why could Jesus make this young girl live by taking 
her by the hand? 

What is meant by 'fame' ? Answer. The news that 
Jesus had made the girl live. 

If a dead child should be raised to live here, could 
you keep the news ? 



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THE TWO BLIND MEN. 



21. And when Jesus departed 
thence, two blind men followed 
him, crying, and saying, Thou 
Son of David, have mercy on us. 

28. And when he was come 
into the house, the blind men 
came to him ; and Jesus saith 
unto them, Believe ye that I am 
able to do this ? They said unto 
him, Yea, Lord. 

29. Then touched he their eyes, 
saying, According to your faith 
be it unto you. 

30. And their eyes were opened ; and Jesus straitly charged them, 
saying, See that no man know it. 

31. But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in 
all that country. 

Why did the two blind men follow Jesus when he 
went away ? 

Why did they call him the Son of David? Ansioer. 
Because if you should count back from Jesus to his 
father and from his father to his grand-father and from 
grand-father to great-grand -father, and so on away 
back, you would come to King David ; and so they 
called him the Son of David, 

Can you tell me any thing which King David did ? 

What does ' have mercy on us ' mean ? Answer. 
Pity us poor blind men. 

To what place did the blind men follow Jesus ? 

Why didn't they turn back when Jesus didn't notice 
their cries at first ? 

Would they have followed Jesus so far, if they had 
not believed that Jesus could cure them ? 



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49 



What did Jesus ask them ? 

What did they answer ? 

Could Jesus have cured their eyes without touching 
them ? 

What does 'According to your faith ' mean ? Answer. 
If you believe I can make you see, you may see. 

Can our sins be taken" away unless we believe that 
Jesus can take them away ? 

What happened as soon as Jesus had spoken ? 

What did Jesus tell the blind men not to do ? 

What did the two men do when they left Jesus ? 

What is fame ? 







35. And Jesus went about all 
the cities and villages, teaching 
in their synagogues, and preach- 
ing the gospel of the kingdom, 
and healing every sickness and 
every disease among the people. 

36. But when he saw the 
multitudes, he was moved with 
compassion on them, because 
they fainted, and were scattered 
abroad, as sheep having no shep- 
herd. 



MULTITUDES AS SHEEP "WITHOUT A SHEPHERD . 



37. Then saith he unto his 
disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few : 

38. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send 
forth laborers into his harvest. 

Can you point out on the map the part of the country 
in which these villages and cities were ? 
What is a syn-a-gogue ? 
What kingdom did Jesus preach about ? 



50 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

What does 6 gospel of the kingdom' mean ? 

What else did Jesus do in the villages and cities ? 

What is a multitude ? 

Why did Jesus pity the great multitude ? 

What is a shepherd ? 

Why should sheep have a shepherd ? 

Did a shepherd drive his sh'eep in the times of Jesus ? 
Answer. No ; he went before them. They followed 
him. 

How were the multitudes of people like sheep with- 
out a shepherd ? Answer. They wandered away from 
doing right, and needed a shepherd to lead them. 

Who are Jesus' sheep ? Who are Jesus' lambs ? 

Repeat what Jesus said to his disciples. 

What is a harvest ? Answer. The wheat and corn, 
when they are gathered from the fields in the fall. 

Why should there be many workmen when the har- 
vest is large ? 

If many souls are to be converted, can one minister 
do all the work ? 

Can one missionary convert all the heathen ? 

What ought we to pray for when we think of the 
heathen ? Answer. That God would send many mis- 
sionaries to convert many of them. 






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MATTHEW THE PUBLICAN. 



CHAPTER X. 

1. And when he had called 
unto him his twelve disciples, he 
gave them power against unclean 
spirits, to cast them out, and to 
heal all manner of sickness and 
all manner of disease. 

2. Now the names of the 
twelve apostles are these : The 
first, Simon, who is called Peter, 
and Andrew his brother ; James 
the son of Zebedee, and John his 
brother ; 

3. Philip and Bartholomew ; Thomas and Matthew the publican ; 
James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thad- 
deus; 

4. Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed 
him. 

How many A-pos-tles had Jesus ? 

What did Jesus wish his Apostles to do, which he 
had been doing ? 

What was the name of the first one ? 

What was the name of his brother ? 

What were the names of two other brothers ? 

What was the name of their father ? 

Have you learned any thing about these men before ? 

WUere were they then ? and what were they doing ? 

What are the names of the next two A-pos-tles ? 

The names of the next two ? 

What does pub-li-can mean ? Ansicer. A man who 
took taxes from the people. Some publicans took more 
than they had a right to take. 

Do you think Matthew was a good pub-li-can or a 
wicked pub-li-can ? 



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Which one of the Apostles is in the picture ? 

Can you find more than one Ja"nies among the twelve 
names ? 

What is the name of the father of one James ? 

What is name of the other James's father ? 

What are the next two names ? 

Whose name is last ? 

Who was worst of all ? What did he do ? 

What does ' betrayed him ' mean ? Answer. Showed 
his enemies where he was, and how to get him. 



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THE TWELVE DISCIPLES. 



5. These twelve Jesus sent 
forth, and commanded them, 
saying, Go not into the way of 
the Gentiles, and into any city 
of the Samaritans enter ye 
not: 

6. But go rather to the lost 
sheep of the house of Israel. 

7. And, as ye go, preach, say- 
ing, The kingdom of heaven is 
at hand. 

8. Heal the sick, cleanse the 
lepers, raise the dead, cast out 



devils : freely ye have received, freely give. 

CHAPTER XI. 

1. And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of command- 
ing his twelve disciples, he departed thence, to teach and to preach in 
their cities. 

Where did Jesus send his Apostles ? Answer. Every- 
where over the country where the Jews lived. 

Who are Gentiles ? Answer. Every body who isn't 
a Jew is a Gentile. 



THE PRIMARY YEAR. 53 

If you had lived there then, would the Apostles have 
been sent to you ? 

Who were Sa-mar-i-tans ? Answer. They were a 
kind of Jews. 

Who were the sheep which Jesus spoke of? 

Why did he call them 4 lost sheep ' ? Answer. Be- 
cause they had wandered away from God like sheep 
who wander away and get lost. 

What did Jesus tell the Apostles to say when they 
preached ? 

What is the kingdom of heaven ? 

Where have you learned about this kingdom before ? 

Who else said this same thing when he preached ? 

What else did Jesus tell his Apostles to do ? 

Repeat all together the eighth verse. 

What are lep-ers ? 

What are dev-ils ? 

What did Jesus tell his disciples to do when they 
had received many good things from him ? 

Is this all which Jesus said at this time to his disci- 
ples ? Ansicer. No ; we will learn the rest in a higher 
class. 

Is it right for us to keep all the good things we get ? 

When Jesus got through telling his disciples what to 
do, what did He do ? 

When we want people to do good, why is it best to 
go to doing the same thing ourselves ? 

Do you think all the Apostles went together ? 



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JOHN IN PRTSON. 



CHAPTER XIY. 

1. At that time Herod the te- 
trach heard of the fame of Jesus, 

2. And said unto his servants, 
This is John the Baptist ; he is 
risen from the dead ; and there- 
fore mighty works do show forth 
themselves in him. 

3. For Herod had laid hold on 
John, and bound him, and put 
him in prison for Herodias' sake, 
his brother Philip's wife. 

4. For John said unto him, It 
is not lawful for thee to have her. 

5. And when he would have put him to death, he feared the mul- 
titude, because they counted him as a prophet. 

What man heard what Jesus was doing about this 
time ? 

What does te-trarch mean ? Answer. A Governor. 

Was Governor Herod any relative of King Herod ? 
Ansioer. Yes; he was King Herod's son. 

Tell me what you remember about King Herod. 

Where did King Herod live ? 

Where did Governor Herod live ? Answer. In a 
city by the side of the sea of Galilee called Ti-be-ri-as. 

Point out Tiberias on the map. 

Did Governor Herod think John the Baptist a great 
and good man or not ? 

Could John rise from the dead himself ? 

Who only could raise him from the dead ? 

Why did Herod think that Jesus was John the 
Baptist ? Answer. Because Jesus did such wonderful 
things. 



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What had Herod done to John ? 

Was it right for Herod to take his brother's wife to 
be his own wife ? 

Did John tell him it was rio*ht or wrong: ? 

Why did Herod want to kill John ? 

Why didn't he kill him ? 

Would the people have troubled Herod if he had 
killed John? Why? 




6. But when Herod's birthday 
was kept, the daughter of Hero- 
dias danced before them, and 
pleased Herod: 

7. Whereupon he promised 
with an oath to give her what- 
soever she would ask. 

8. And she, being before in- 
structed of her mother, said, 
Give me here John the Baptist's 
head in a charger. 

9. And the king was sorry : 
nevertheless for the oath's sake, 
and them which sat with him at 

meat, he commanded it to be given her. 

10. And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. 

11. And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the dam- 
sel : and she brought it to her mother. 

What happened on Herod's birthday ? 
Do you think it right to dance as this girl did ? 
Were these good people or bad people who liked to 
see this girl dance ? 

Is it right to dance at all ? 

What did Herod promise the dancing-girl ? 

What made him promise it ? 



THE DANCING-GIRL WITH JOHN'S HEAD IN 
A CHARGER. 



56 



THE PRIMARY YEAR. 



What did she ask for ? 
Who told her to ask for it ? 



Did she do right to mind her mother ? 

L you to do a wicked 



If 



g, 



your mother should 1 
ought you to do it ? 

What is a charger ? Answer. A platter or dish. 

Point to the charger in the picture. 

What was the King sorry for ? 

What is it to take an oath ? Ansiver. To say solemnly 
that we will do some thing. 

If we have solemnly said that w^e will do a wicked 
thing, is it right or wrong to keep our word ? 

Is it right to make a promise when we don't know 
what the promise will make us do ? 

Was it right or wrong for Herod to keep his word 
when the dancing-girl asked him to kill John ? 

What is it to be-head a man ? Answer. To cut his 
head off. 

If Herod had been really sorry, would he have done 
what the girl asked ? 

What did the girl do with the head ? 

Which was most wicked, the daughter or mother or 
Herod ? 



REVIEW-LESSON OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE YEAR. 

Recite the verses around the class. 

Tell me the persons we have learned the most about 
during the quarter. Answer. 1. Jesus. 2. The Apos- 
tles. 3. Governor Herod. 4. John the Baptist. 

1. Jesus. 

What three things was Jesus doing all this time? 
Ansioer. Travelling ; preaching ; doing miracles. 



THE PRIMARY YEAR. 57 

What is a miracle ? Answer. Doing some wonder- 
ful thing such as no man can do, like curing sick people 
in a moment or making dead people live. 

What sea was Jesus near most of the time ? Show 
it on the map. 

How many miracles have we learned about during 
the quarter ? Answer. Four. 

Name them. 

What one was by the side of the lake near a steep 
place ? 

What one was done to a child ? 

What one was done to a woman ? 

What one to two men who followed Jesus ? 

Which do you think was the hardest of all to do ? 

Do you think the little girl loved Jesus afterward ? 

What kind of a girl would you think her if she had 
not loved Jesus ? 

If you had been there in her place, would Jesus have 
done it to you ? 

Is it right or wrong then for you not to love Jesus ? 

How can you show that you love him ? 

2. The Apostles. 

How many Apostles were there ? 

How many brothers were there among them? 

What two had the same name ? 

Who among them was a bad man ? 

What did Jesus tell them to do ? 

3. Governor Herod. 

Whom did Herod the Governor think Jesus was ? 
What had Herod done to John ? 
How did he kill him ? What for ? 
What young girl helped to kill John ? 
How did she help ? 
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THE PRIMARY YEAR. 



Who else helped ? 

Is it right to ask another person to do a wicked 
thing ? 
4. JoEnsr. 

What had John done which made Herod angry ? 
Was it right for Herod to get angry ? 
Is it ever right to be angry ? 
Is God ever angry ? 

What shows that Jesus was God all through these 
lessons. Answer. The wonderful miracles which he did. 



Jmtxetlj Swrtirag, 



12. And his disciples came, and 
took up the body, and buried it, 
and went and told Jesus. 

13. When Jesus heard of it, 
he departed thence by ship into 
a desert place apart : and when 
the people had heard thereof, 
they followed him on foot out 
of the cities. 

14. And Jesus went forth, and 
saw a great multitude, and was 
moved with compassion toward 
them, and he healed their sick. 

15. And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying. 
This is a desert place, and the time is now past ; send the multitude 
away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 

1G. But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart ; give ye them 
to eat. 

Repeat the verses of the thirty-eighth Sunday. 

Whos-e body did the disciples bury ? 

Were these the disciples of Jesus or of John ? 




MULTITUDE IN DESERT PLACE. 



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59 



What is a disciple ? 

What did the disciples do after burying John ? 

When we are in great trouble whom should we tell 
of it? 

How can Jesus help us at such a time? Answer. 
By sending his Spirit to hold us up against our trouble. 

What is a desert place ? Answer. A part of the 
country where hardly any thing grows. 

Did Jesus go there by land or by water ? 

On what sea do you think this ship was ? 

What made the people follow Jesus ? 

Did the people go on the sea ? 

Did many people go ? 

What did Jesus do to some of them ? 

What happened toward evening ? 

Why did the disciples want Jesus to send away the 
people ? 

Why couldn't the people get something to eat where 
they were ? 

Where did the disciples say the people could go and 
get something to eat ? 

Did Jesus send them away ? 

Repeat the words which Jesus said. 



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LOAVES AND FISHES. 



17. And they say unto him, 
We have here but five loaves, 
and two fishes. 

18. He said, Bring them hither 
to me. 

19. And he commanded the 
multitude to sit down on the 
grass, and took the five loaves, 
and the two fishes, and looking 
up to heaven, he blessed, and 
brake, and gave the loaves to 
his disciples, and the disciples 
to the multitude. 

20. And they did all eat, and were filled : and they took up of the 
fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 

21. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside 
women and children. 

What did the disciples have with them good to eat ? 

What did Jesus do with the bread and fishes ? 

What did he tell the people to do ? 

What did he do before he gave any food to the 
people ? 

Why should we ask a blessing from God before eat- 
ing our food ? Answer. Because we ought to thank 
God for giving us food ; because God only can make 
our food keep us well and strong ; and because Jesus 
always asked a blessing. 

What do we mean when we say we ask God's bless- 
ing on our food ? Answer. We ask God to make our 
food keep us well and do us good. 

After the blessing, what did Jesus do to the loaves ? 

To whom did he give the pieces ? 

What did they do with them ? 



THE PRIMARY YEAR. 61 

If we have got but a little to eat and others are 
hungry, what ought we to do ? 

Does God make the bread and fishes we eat ? 

What is bread made of ? 

How do we get that which we make bread of ? 

Who makes the wheat grow ? 

How many of the people ate a part of the bread and 
fishes ? 

Do you know whether they had enough or not ? 

Was there any bread and fish left over ? How much ? 

Do you think the five loaves and two fishes would 
have filled the twelve baskets at the first ? 

Is it right or wrong to waste food ? 

How many men had eaten the bread and fishes ? 

Did any little children eat ? 

Was there any body else that ate ? 



Ji0rfg-srX0nfr Stmirag- 



22. And straightway Jesus 
constrained his disciples to get 
into a ship, and to go before 
him unto the other side, while 
he sent the multitudes away. 

23. And when he had sent 
the multitudes away, he went 
up into a mountain apart to 
pray: and when the evening 
was come, he was there 
alone. 

24. But the ship was now in 
the midst of the sea, tossed with 

waves : for the wind was contrary. 

25. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, 
walking on the sea. 




JESUS WALKING ON THE SEA. 



62 THE PRIMARY YEAR. 

26. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were 
troubled, saying, It is a spirit ; and they cried out for fear. 

After the people were fed, what did Jesus tell his 
disciples to do ? 

He told them to go to ' the other side ' of what ? 

Show where it was on the map. 

What did Jesus do with the people ? 

Where did Jesus himself go ? 

What did he go there for ? 

Was any body with him ? 

Was it day or night when he was there ? 

If Jesus needed to pray, what does it show about us ? 

Where were the disciples while Jesus was praying ? 

Was it pleasant sailing for the ship on the sea ? 

Did the wind blow the way they were going or the 
other way ? 

What happened to them during the night ? 

What time of the night does the twenty-fifth verse 
say it was when Jesus went walking on the sea ? 

What time of the night was ' the fourth watch of the 
night ' ? Answer. Just about day-light ? 

What did the disciples do when they saw Jesus ? 

Why did the disciples cry out ? 

Would you have been afraid on that sea ? 

If we are truly good, do you think we ought to fear 
any thing ? 



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PETER WALKING ON THE SEA. 



27. But straightway Jesus 
spake unto them, saying, Be 
of good cheer ; it is I ; be not 
afraid. 

28. And Peter answered him 
and said, Lord, if it be thou, 
bid me come unto thee on the 
water. 

29. And he said, Come. And 
when Peter was come down out 
of the ship, he walked on the 
water, to go to Jesus. 

30. But when he saw the wind 
boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, 
Lord, save me. 

31. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught 
him, and said unto him, thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou 
doubt ? 

32. And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 

Who were frightened in the last lesson ? 

What time of night was it ? 

Did Jesus wish them to be frightened ? 

Tell me the words he said. 

Ought we ever to be afraid of Jesus ? 

If we are afraid of Jesus, does it show that we are 
good" or bad ? 

What did Peter want to do when he saw it was 
Jesus ? 

What did he do when he got down out of the ship ? 

Could Peter make himself walk on the water ? 

Who made the water hold Peter up ? 

What made Peter afraid ? 

When it says that the wind was c bois-ter-ous,' Avhat 
does it mean ? Answer, The wind was stormy. 



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THE PRIMARY YEAR. 



Would you be afraid if you were there ? 

If Peter had believed that Jesus could make the 
water hold him up, would it have held him up ? 

What did Peter cry out ? 

What prevented Peter from drowning ? 

What did Jesus mean when he called Peter one who 
had ' little faith' ? Answer. That Peter only believed a 
little that Jesus could make the water hold him up. 

If Peter had thought only how strong Jesus was, 
and not how strong the wind was, do you think he 
would have kept on the top of the water ? 

What happened after Jesus and Peter got into the 
ship ? 

Do you think it was Jesus who made the wind stop ? 



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33. Then they that were in 
the ship came and worshipped 
him, saying, Of a truth thou art 
the Son of God. 

34. And when they were gone 
over, they came into the land of 
Gennesaret. 

35. And when the men of that 
place had knowledge of him, they 
sent out into all that country 
round about, and brought unto 
him all that were diseased ; 

36. And besought him that 
they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as 
touched were made perfectly whole. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

24. And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received 
tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay 
tribute ? 




TOUCHING THE HEM OF THE GARMENT. 



THE PRIMARY YEAR. 65 

After the wind stopped blowing, what did they do 
in the ship ? 

What showed that Jesus was God ? 

Why ought we to worship Jesus ? 

Repeat the thirty-fourth verse. 

What sea was it that the disciples and Jesus went 
over ? 

Point out the land of Gen-ne-sa-ret on the map. 

What did the people of Gen-ne-sa-ret do when Jesus 
came there ? 

What did they ask Jesus for ? 

What is the hem of a garment ? 

Was it the garment which made the sick people 
well ? 

Did coming to Jesus ever hurt any person ? 

If you go to Jesus now, are you sure it will not hurt 
you ? Why ? 

How can you come to Jesus now ? 

Show on the map how Jesus went from the land of 
Gen-ne-sa-ret to Ca-per-na-um. 

Was Capernaum a land or a city ? 

What was 'tribute-money'? Answer. Tax-money 
paid to the temple. 

What did the men whose business it was to take the 
tax-money ask Peter ? 



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THE FISH AND THE PIECE OF MONEY. 



25. He saith, Yes. And when 
he was come into the house, Je- 
sus prevented him, saying, What 
thinkest thou, Simon ? of whom 
do the kings of the earth take 
custom or tribute ? of their own 
children, or of strangers ? 

26. Peter saith unto him, Ot 
strangers. Jesus saith unto him, 
Then are the children free. 

27. Notwithstanding, lest we 
should offend them, go thou to 
the sea, and cast a hook, and 

take up the fish that first cometh up ; and when thou hast opened his 
mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto 
them for me and thee. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

1. At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is 
the greatest in the kingdom of heaven ? 

2. And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the 
midst of them. 

What was the question to which 'Yes' was an- 
swered ? 

Who answered ' Yes,' Jesus or Peter ? 

When it says, 'Jesus prevented him,' what does it 
mean ? Answer. It means that Jesus spoke before 
Peter had time to speak. 

What did Jesus say ? 

Do the children of a king have to pay money to the 
king? 

Who do have to pay money to the king ? Answer. 
Other people in the kingdom. 

Do you think the Son of God ought to pay money to 
God's temple ? 



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Wasn't that the Son of a King paying money to the 
King? 

Was Jesus willing to pay the money ? 

How did Jesus tell Peter to get the money ? 

Did Peter know any thing about fishing before this 
time? 

Do you think he had ever caught a fish with money 
in its mouth ? 

Plow did Jesus know the money would be in the 
fish's mouth ? 

Repeat again the last two verses of the lesson. 

In a kingdom who is the greatest man ? 

In the kingdom of Heaven who is the King ? 

Is an angel equal to that King ? 

Is Jesus equal to that King ? 

What did the disciples want to know, when they 
asked who would be greatest in the kingdom of hea- 
ven ? Answer. They wanted to know who would be 
next to Jesus ? 

What do you suppose they thought the kingdom of 
heaven was going to be ? 

What did Jesus do after they asked him ? 

What shows that Jesus loved little children ? 



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THE LITTLE CHILD. 



3. And said, Verily I say unto 
you, Except ye be converted, 
and become as little children, ye 
shall not enter into the kingdom 
of heaven. 

4. Whosoever therefore shall 
humble himself as this little 
child, the same is greatest in 
the kingdom of heaven. 

5. And whoso shall receive 
one such little child in my name 
receiveth me. 

6. But whoso shall offend one 
of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a 
millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in 
the depth of the sea. 

CHAPTER xix. 

1. And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, 
he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond 
Jordan ; 

2. And great multitudes followed him ; and he healed them there. 

What did Jesus do in the last verse of the last les- 
son? 

What did he then say ? 

What is it to be converted ? Answer. To be turned 
from bad to good, so as to love the Saviour. 

Can a person get into the kingdom of heaven at all 
without being converted ? 

Are not little children sometimes bad ? 

If a person is like little children in badness, can he 
get into the kingdom of heaven ? 

How must he be like a little child ? Answer. He 
must feel little and lowly before God, just as a little 
child feels little before great and wise men. 



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Which little child do great and good men like more, 
the one who feels little and lowly, or the one who feels 
big and proud ? 

Whom does God like best, those who feel the great- 
est or those who feel the smallest before Him ? 

Who is the greatest in God's kingdom, the one God 
likes most or the one he likes least ? 

Did Jesus want every body to love little children ? 

What did he mean by c offend one of these little ones ' ? 
Answer, Make one of these little ones to do wrong. 

What is a millstone ? Answer. A great, round, 
flat, heavy stone to grind wheat with. 

What did Jesus say would be better for you than to 
make a little child who loves him do wrong ? 

How can children prevent their playmates from try- 
ing to love and serve Jesus ? 

Where did Jesus go after he had said these things ? 

Show on the map how Jesus went from Galilee over 
the river Jordan. 

Show where Judea was. 

Who went with Jesus ? 

What did Jesus do to them ? 



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THE TWELVE AND JESUS GOING. 



13. Then were there brought 
unto him little children, that he 
should put his hands on them, 
and pray : and the disciples re- 
buked them. 

14. But Jesus said, Suffer lit- 
tle children, and forbid them not, 
to come unto me ; for of such is 
the kingdom of heaven. 

15. And he laid his hands on 
them, and departed thence. 

CHAPTER xx. 

17. And Jesus going up to 
Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto 
them, 

18. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem ; and the Son of man shall be 
betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall 
condemn him to death, 

19. And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, 
and to crucify him : and the third day he shall rise again. 

Who do you think brought the little children to 
Jesus ? 

What did they want Jesus to do ? 

Did the disciples like it or not ? 

Did Jesus like it or not ? 

What did Jesus say ? 

Did he do any thing more to the children than speak 
about them ? 

Recite now all together the fourteenth verse. 

Show on the map which side of the river Jordan 
Jesus was. 

Could he go to Jerusalem without crossing that 
river ? 

Whom did Jesus talk with on the way ? 



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What did Jesus say was going to happen ? 

What is it to be betrayed ? Answer. To have your 
friends give you up to your enemies. 

What is it to mock ? Answer. To laugh at people 
and make sport of them. 

Can you tell the name of any prophet in the Old 
Testament who was mocked ? 

Who mocked him ? 

How did God punish them ? 

Which is worse, to mock such a prophet or Jesus ? 

What is it to scourge ? Answer. To whip cruelly 
with short, heavy lashes. 

What is it to crucify ? Answer. To kill by driving 
nails through the hands and feet into a long wooden 
cross. 

What is a chief priest and what is a scribe ? 

Who did Jesus say was going to be betrayed and 
mocked and scourged and crucified ? 



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CHAPTER XXI. 

1. And when they drew nigh 
unto Jerusalem, and were come 
to Bethphage, unto the mount of 
Olives, then sent Jesus two dis- 
ciples, 

2. Saving unto them, Go into 
the village over against you, and 
straightway ye shall find an ass 
tied, and a colt with her : loose 
them, and bring them unto me. 

3. And if any man say aught 
unto you, ye shall say, The Lord 

hath need of them : and straightway he will send them. 




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4. All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by 
the prophet, saying, 

5. Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto 
thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. 

Show Jerusalem on the map. 

Point out Beth-phage. 

What was the mount of Olives ? Answer. A high 
hill with trees called olive-trees on it. * 

How far was it from Jerusalem ? Answer. Just out- 
side the city walls. 

What did Jesus send the two disciples to get ? 

What did he want the colt for ? 

What did the people of that country use asses for ? 
Answer. They had no horses : they used them just as 
we do horses. 

Do you think an ass a good-looking animal ? 

Does the Lord have need of ugly things as well as of 
beautiful things sometimes ? . 

How can a poor-looking child be better looking in 
the eyes of God than a handsome child ? 

Doesn't Jesus c have need' of the feeblest little child 
in his kingdom ? 

What is meant by c daughter of Zion ' ? Answer. 
The city of Jerusalem. The Jews said that their 
beautiful city on its hill of Zion was like a beautiful 
daughter. 

Was Jesus King of Jerusalem ? 

How did King Jesus ride into Jerusalem ? 

Did kings ride in that way where Jesus lived ? 
Answer. Yes ; great men and princes rode on asses. 

What is it to be meek ? Answer. To be gentle and 
not to get angry and answer back when people treat 
you badly. 

If we would be the children of Jesus, why can we 
not be proud and get angry ? 



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JESUS RIDING INTO JERUSALEM. 



6. And the disciples went, and 
did as Jesus commanded them, 

t 7. And brought the ass, and 
the colt, and put on them their 
clothes, and they set him there- 
on. 

8. And a very great multitude 
spread their garments in the way ; 
others cut down branches from 
the trees, and strewed them in 
the way. 

9. And the multitudes that 
went before, and that followed, 

cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David : Blessed is he that cometh 
in the name of the Lord ; Hosanna in the highest. 

10. And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, 
saying, Who is this ? 

11. And the multitude said, This is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth 
of Galilee. 

What did the disciples put on the colt for a saddle ? 

As Jesus rode along, who met him and who came 
with him ? 

What were their c garments 5 ? Answer. Their out- 
side cloaks or shawls or coats. 

Why did they spread their clothes on the road ? 

A great man once threw his cloak down over a 
muddy place where his queen was going to walk : 
what did that show that he thought of his queen ? 

What else did the people spread in the road ? 

What did the cry, ' Hosanna ! ' mean ? Ansicer. 
Praise ! praise ! praise to Jesus, the Son of David ! 

Was Jesus the Son of David ? 

What did the people of Jerusalem say when the mul- 
titude came to the city ? 
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Was it only a few who came outside the city who 
said this, or all the people of the city ? 

What did the multitude answer ? 

Point out Nazareth on the map. 

What country was it in ? 

Was Jesus born in Nazareth or did he live there af- 
terward ? 

Where was Jesus horn ? 

Wasn't Jesus any thing more than a prophet from 
Nazareth ? 



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12. And Jesus went into the 
temple of God, and cast out all 
them that sold and bought in 
the temple, and overthrew the 
tables of the money changers, 
and the seats of them that sold 
doves, 

13. And said unto them, It is 
written, My house shall be call- 
ed the house of prayer ; but ye 
have made it a den of theives. 

14. And the blind and the 
children praising jesus in the temple, lame came to him in the temple ; 
and he healed them. 

15. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful 
things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and say- 
ing, Hosanna to the Son of David ; they were sore displeased, 

1 6. And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say ? And Jesus 
saith unto them, Yea ; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes 
and sucklings thou hast perfected praise ? 

What was the temple ? Answer. The great and 
beautiful building at Jerusalem where the Jews wor- 
shipped God. 



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Was it right or wrong to buy and sell in the temple ? 
Was it the right place for changing money ? 
What was the temple for ? 

Repeat the words which Jesus said to the buyers and 
sellers. 

What did he mean by the words : ' Ye have made it 
a den of thieves ' ? Answer. He meant that they had 
wickedly gone into God's house to buy and sell ; and 
that then they had done it as unfairly as if they had 
stolen, like thieves. 

Who came to the temple to Jesus ? 

What did he do to them ? 

What was a chief-priest ? 

What was a scribe ? 

What did the chief-priests and scribes see Jesus 
doing in the temple ? 

Why didn't they like to see him cure blind and lame 
men ? 

What were the children doing there ? 

What does c Hosanna ' mean ? 

Was it right for little children to be calling out so in 
the temple ? 

How did the chief-priests like it ? 

Did Jesus hear or didn't he hear the children's 
praises ? 

Did he like it or didn't he ? 

Does Jesus hear children now when they praise him ? 

Are children ev T er too young to praise and love 
Jesus ? 

You are a little child : do you praise Jesus ? 

How do you praise him ? 



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REVIEW-LESSON OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE YEAR. 

Recite the verses around the class. 

What three things have we studied about during 
this last quarter? Answer. 1. Jesus doing more mir- 
acles. 2. Jesus and little children. 3. Jesus going up 
to Jerusalem. * 

1, Jesus doing more miracles. 
What is a mir-a-cle ? 

How many more miracles have we learned about 
during this quarter ? Answer. Four. 

Name them. 

How many miracles did we have last quarter ? 

How many does that make in all ? 

What one of the miracles in this last quarter was 
done in a desert place ? 

What one was on the sea ? 

What one where the people wanted to touch Jesus ? 

What one was done to a fish ? 

Which one was the hardest of all to do ? 

Which was the kindest of all ? 

Did Jesus do any other miracles beside these ? 
Answer. Yes ; he healed a great many sick people. 

2. Jesus and little children. 

How many times did Jesus speafe of little children 
during these lessons ? Answer. Three times. 

When were these three times ? Answer, 1 . When 
He told who was greatest in the kingdom pf heaven. 
2. When little children were brought to him. 8, When 
little children praised him in the temple. 

How can we get into his kingdom ? Answer* JBy 
being little and lowly and by loving him. 



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What is it to be converted T 

What were the words Jesus said when they brought 
children to him ? 

What did the children call out in the temple ? 

What can you do which those children did ? 

How do you know that Jesus hears such children ? 

What does Jesus think of children who take his 
name in vain ? 

3. Jesus going up to Jerusalem. 

Who went with Jesus to Jerusalem ? 

Show on the map the way they went. 

What did Jesus tell them was going to happen to 
him at Jerusalem ? 

How did Jesus go into Jerusalem ? 

What did the people do ? 

How did the priests and scribes like all this ? 

Which will Jesus sooner take praise from, the small- 
est or the greatest ? 

What shows that Jesus was God through all these 
lessons ? Answer, The wonderful miracles which he 
did. 

Have we finished all the story of Jesus' life this 
year ? Answer. No ; we will have a good many other 
things about it next year. 

Was Jesus nailed to the cross, as he said he would 
be ? Answer. Yes ; we will study about that next 
year. 



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REVIEW OF THE WHOLE YEAR. 

Now, children, to-day we finish the year ; and next Sunday 
you go into a higher class and study a different book. You 
need not recite any verses to-day. I want to see how much 
you remember of all we have learned during the year. 

What was the first thing we learned about Jesus ? 
What was the last thing, two Sundays ago ? 

1. What two things about Jesus did we learn during 
the first quarter. 

What three things about Jesus the little child ? 

Where was Jesus born ? 

Where did he live when he came back from 
Egypt ? 
Who baptized Jesus ? In what river ? 

What did John wear ? What did he eat ? 

What happened when Jesus was baptized ? 

2. What two things about Jesus did we learn during 
the second quarter ? 

How many times was Jesus tempted by the devil ? 

Did he sin ? 
Where did Jesus begin to preach ? 
What sea was near that place ? 
What did Jesus do besides preach ? 
What four men had business in ships on that 

sea? ' 
What wonderful thing did Jesus do on that 
lake ? 

3. What four persons did you learn about during the 
third quarter ? 

What three things was Jesus doing during that 
time? 



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In what country did Jesus travel the most of the 
time? 

Near what sea was he the most of the time ? 

Name as many of his miracles as you can. 

How many Apostles were there ? 

What did Jesus tell them to do ? 

What did Herod do? 

Was this the same Herod as King Herod ? 

What became of John the Baptist ? 
What two things about Jesus during the last quar- 
ter? 

Name as many of the miracles as you can. 

How many times did Jesus speak of little children ? 

Tell me as much as you can of what he said about 
them. 

Who went with Jesus to Jerusalem ? 

How did Jesus go into Jerusalem ? 

Whom did the Jews worship in the temple ? 

Whom did children worship there ? 

Tell as many things as you can which show that 

Jesus was God. 
What did Jesus come into this world for ? 
How can we go to live with him in heaven ? 




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